We introduce a numerical approach to perform the effective (coarse-scale) bifurcation analysis of solutions of dissipative evolution equations with spatially varying coefficients. The advantage of this approach is tha...
We introduce a numerical approach to perform the effective (coarse-scale) bifurcation analysis of solutions of dissipative evolution equations with spatially varying coefficients. The advantage of this approach is that the `coarse model' (the averaged, effective equation) need not be explicitly constructed. The method only uses a time-integrator code for the detailed problem and judicious choices of initial data and integration times; the bifurcation computations are based on the so-called recursive projection method (Shroff and Keller 1993 SIAM J. Numer. Anal. 30 1099-120).
An axially symmetric perturbed isotropic harmonic oscillator undergoes several bifurcations as the parameter λ adjusting the relative strength of the two terms in the cubic potential is varied. We show that three of ...
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Composite materials are ideally suited to achieve multifunctionality since the best features of different materials can be combined to form a new material that has a broad spectrum of desired properties. Nature’s ult...
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Composite materials are ideally suited to achieve multifunctionality since the best features of different materials can be combined to form a new material that has a broad spectrum of desired properties. Nature’s ultimate multifunctional composites are biological materials. There are presently no simple examples that rigorously demonstrate the effect of competing property demands on composite microstructures. To illustrate the fascinating types of microstructures that can arise in multifunctional optimization, we maximize the simultaneous transport of heat and electricity in three-dimensional, two-phase composites using rigorous optimization techniques. Interestingly, we discover that the optimal three-dimensional structures are bicontinuous triply periodic minimal surfaces.
We introduce a new architecture for pipelined (and also algorithmic) A/D converters that give exponentially accurate conversion using inaccurate comparators. An error analysis of a sigma-delta converter with an imperf...
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We introduce a new architecture for pipelined (and also algorithmic) A/D converters that give exponentially accurate conversion using inaccurate comparators. An error analysis of a sigma-delta converter with an imperfect comparator and a constant input reveals a self-correction property that is not inherited by the successive refinement quantization algorithm that underlies both pipelined multistage A/D converters and algorithmic A/D converters. Motivated by this example, we introduce a new A/D converter, the beta converter, which has the same self-correction property as a sigma-delta converter but which exhibits higher order (exponential) accuracy with respect to the bit rate as compared to a sigma-delta converter, which exhibits only polynomial accuracy.
Localized states in the discrete two-dimensional (2D) nonlinear Schrödinger equation is found: vortex solitons with an integer vorticity S. While Hamiltonian lattices do not conserve angular momentum or the topol...
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Localized states in the discrete two-dimensional (2D) nonlinear Schrödinger equation is found: vortex solitons with an integer vorticity S. While Hamiltonian lattices do not conserve angular momentum or the topological invariant related to it, we demonstrate that the soliton’s vorticity may be conserved as a dynamical invariant. Linear stability analysis and direct simulations concur in showing that fundamental vortex solitons, with S=1, are stable if the intersite coupling C is smaller than some critical value Ccr(1). At C>Ccr(1), an instability sets in through a quartet of complex eigenvalues appearing in the linearized equations. Direct simulations reveal that an unstable vortex soliton with S=1 first splits into two usual solitons with S=0 (in accordance with the prediction of the linear analysis), but then an instability-induced spontaneous symmetry breaking takes place: one of the secondary solitons with S=0 decays into radiation, while the other one survives. We demonstrate that the usual (S=0) 2D solitons in the model become unstable, at C>Ccr(0)≈2.46Ccr(1), in a different way, via a pair of imaginary eigenvalues ω which bifurcate into instability through ω=0. Except for the lower-energy S=1 solitons that are centered on a site, we also construct ones which are centered between lattice sites which, however, have higher energy than the former. Vortex solitons with S=2 are found too, but they are always unstable. Solitons with S=1 and S=0 can form stable bound states.
The first computer implementation of the Dantzig-Fulkerson- Johnson cutting-plane method for solving the traveling salesman problem, written by Martin, used subtour inequalities as well as cutting planes of Gomory’s ...
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We describe the dynamical and bifurcational behavior of two mutually inhibitory, leaky, neural units subject to external stimulus, random noise, and "priming biases". The model describes a simple forced choi...
We describe the dynamical and bifurcational behavior of two mutually inhibitory, leaky, neural units subject to external stimulus, random noise, and "priming biases". The model describes a simple forced choice experiment and accounts for varying levels of expectation and control. By projecting the model's dynamics onto slow manifolds, using judicious linear approximations, and solving for one-dimensional (reduced) probability densities, analytical estimates are developed for reaction time distributions and shown to compare satisfactorily with "full" numerical data. A sensitivity analysis is performed and the effects of parameters assessed. The predictions are also compared with behavioral data. These results may help correlate low-dimensional models of stochastic neural networks with cognitive test data, and hence assist in parameter choices and model building.
A central problem in the mathematical analysis of fluid dynamics is the asymptotic limit of the fluid flow as viscosity goes to *** is particularly important when boundaries are present since vorticitv is typically ge...
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A central problem in the mathematical analysis of fluid dynamics is the asymptotic limit of the fluid flow as viscosity goes to *** is particularly important when boundaries are present since vorticitv is typically generated at the boundary as a result of boundary layer *** boundary laver theory,developed by Prandtl about a hundred years ago,has become a standard tool in addressing these *** at the mathematical level,there is still a lack of fundamental understanding of these questions and the validity of the boundary layer *** this article,we review recent progresses on the analysis of Prandtl’s equation and the related issue of the zero-viscosity limit for the solutions of the Navier-Stokes *** also discuss some directions where progress is expected in the near future.
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